haha, they're calling that soccer fight the "Great Brawl of China." any take on the great wall of china is a winner with me. side note- do you know how people say that great wall of china is the only man-made thing you can see from space? that is totally untrue, and i can't imagine how it would be possible. the widest the thing gets is like 15-20 feet across, there's no way that can be seen from space.
another fun article- they've had a "qeueing day" to teach people in china about lines. its actually a good call. chinese people are pretty bad at getting in line. which is really annoying at first, but once you learn the system, its not that bad. you just have to learn to be the best pusher. it's a skill i had already mildly developed in my years taking the new york city subway during rush hour, so i've picked it up pretty quickly. i remember after studying abroad in beijing, we had a layover in japan. as we all went to get our stuff off the bus, i ran and grabbed my bag. i looked up and saw this japanese man looking at me like i was the devil, because i had jumped ahead of him to pick up my bag. this is one of the differences between china and japan that makes me feel like i chose right. the chinese can be comfortingly casual in most situations, while i think that the japanese are a bit more into order and formality. also, i went to a game arcade while in Tokyo, because i wanted to be like Scarlett Johansson in Lost In Translation, and i saw one of those machines where the claw picks up toys, but it was filled with water and goldfish, and you were supposed to pick up the goldfish!
also, just bought some fireworks for the chinese new year. i'm very excited to set them off. although i mostly chickened out on the big, fancy ones as i have a severe fear of losing limbs. in the end, i got 6 footlong sparklers, and 3 little cars that i believe will drive around when i set them on fire. chinese new year is kind of like christmas, even if you're not technically celebrating, you can't help picking up some of the excited energy.
another fun article- they've had a "qeueing day" to teach people in china about lines. its actually a good call. chinese people are pretty bad at getting in line. which is really annoying at first, but once you learn the system, its not that bad. you just have to learn to be the best pusher. it's a skill i had already mildly developed in my years taking the new york city subway during rush hour, so i've picked it up pretty quickly. i remember after studying abroad in beijing, we had a layover in japan. as we all went to get our stuff off the bus, i ran and grabbed my bag. i looked up and saw this japanese man looking at me like i was the devil, because i had jumped ahead of him to pick up my bag. this is one of the differences between china and japan that makes me feel like i chose right. the chinese can be comfortingly casual in most situations, while i think that the japanese are a bit more into order and formality. also, i went to a game arcade while in Tokyo, because i wanted to be like Scarlett Johansson in Lost In Translation, and i saw one of those machines where the claw picks up toys, but it was filled with water and goldfish, and you were supposed to pick up the goldfish!
also, just bought some fireworks for the chinese new year. i'm very excited to set them off. although i mostly chickened out on the big, fancy ones as i have a severe fear of losing limbs. in the end, i got 6 footlong sparklers, and 3 little cars that i believe will drive around when i set them on fire. chinese new year is kind of like christmas, even if you're not technically celebrating, you can't help picking up some of the excited energy.
posted by Amanda at 11:32 PM
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Good lord could Russia use one of those queuing days. Something about communism, I guess?
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